FAA’s $0 Paychecks Trigger Flight Revenge: 10% Grounded
Brace yourselves: The FAA announced that starting Friday, 10% of flights at 40 mystery U.S. airports will be axed thanks to the longest government shutdown in history. No official list yet—we just know Bryan Bedford and Sean Duffy are playing secret Santa with airport punishments, revealing the naughty airports Thursday after feeling up the airlines’ schedules. Bedford claims this is ‘unprecedented,’ much like a government shutdown giving air traffic controllers their second paycheck-free pay period. Controllers are so tired they’re basically unpaid zombies, forcing the FAA to cut flights before chaos reigns. Geoff Freeman from U.S. Travel calls ALL shutdowns 'irresponsible'—targeting the obvious. Duffy warns airspace shutdown looms, so pack your patience and dreams of actually flying.
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Nothing says 'flying safely' like pilots avoiding nap times, air traffic controllers earning $0 for the second time, and FAA slashing 10% of flights like a procrastinating parent cutting kids' screen time during a tantrum.
The FAA’s new weight-loss program for airports: cut 10% of flights, starve the airspace, and pray government paychecks reboot before planes do.
Air traffic controllers on paycheck strike 2.0 means less flights, more delays, and probably more people learning CPR in terminal lobbies.
Source: Axios | Published: 11/5/2025 | Author: Julianna Bragg
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